The 90’s By: Michelle Eydelman, Rachel

D’Amico, Mariella Lopez, Cyrena Smith,

Anali Delaney

Politics

Clinton (1993-2001); 42 president

Election of ’92- won against Bush

Election of ’96- won against Dole

Impeachment- perjury with Paula Jones

Passed Acts

27th Amendment- prevent salary increases for federal legislators

Prohibits discrimination of people with disabilities, ADA passed in 1990.

Hate Crime Act- protects victims of bias crimes

People

Madeline Albright- First female U.S. Secretary of State

Clarence Thomas- Second African American to serve on the Court after Thurgood Marshall, whom he succeeded

David Dinkins- First African American to be mayor of N.Y.C.

Foreign Affairs

Gulf War- Iraq invaded Kuwait for oil. Intervened and removed Saddam Hussein (Operation desert Storm)

Rwanda Conflict- Hutu vs. Tutsi. When Hutu rose to power, murdered 800,000 Tutsi (mass genocide)

Elian Gonzalez- Tried to escape Castro/government by immigrating to Florida

Economics

Jobs/Average Salaries- between 30,000- 40,000

Collapse of the Soviet Union- lose the arms race and international competition with the West

German Reunification- East and West combined currencies

Religion

Catholicism rose while Protestantism declined

Matthew Sheppard- Homosexual college student brutally beaten; Westboro Baptist Church believed divine retribution killed Sheppard for his sin

Decline in many religions due to astrological beliefs

SocialJurassic Park

Saving Private Ryan

GoodFellas

Titanic

Shawshank Redemption

Toy Story

Scream

SocialThe Lion King

Beauty and the Beast

Apollo 13

Edward Scissorhands

Jerry Maguire

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Ebonics

Television ShowsRocko’s Modern Life

Home Improvement

7th Heaven

Full House

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Saved by the Bell

Friends

Television ShowsSeinfeld

All That

Keenan and Kel

GUTS!

Figure it Out

Legends of the Hidden Temple

Doug

Television ShowsRugrats

Hey Arnold!

Aaahh! Real Monsters

Pinky and the Brain

Boy Meets World

South Park

Double Dare

MusicAttack of the Boy Bands

Backstreet Boys

N’Sync

Hanson

Spice Girls

Nirvana

Blink 182

Music

Sublime

No Doubt

Aerosmith

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Green Day

Matchbox 20

Ricky Martin

MusicTLC

Destiny’s Child

Janet Jackson

Aaliyah

Mariah Carey

Boyz II Men

Notorious BIG

Intellectual

Dolly- first mammal to be cloned (sheep)

Stem-Cell Research- cells taken from embryo to put into adults

Dr. Mae C. Jemison- first African American physician and NASA astronaunt

John Glenn/Discovery- first American and third person to orbit the Earth on Space Shuttle Discovery

Artistic

Woodstock ’99- second large-scale music festival; over 200,000 attended

Harry Potter- written in 1997, by J.K. Rowling. First named “... and the Philosopher’s Stone” then later renamed

Tragedies and Scares

Waco, Texas- David Koresh/Branch Davidians responsible for the death of 74 people who died in the inferno

Oklahoma City Bombing- attack motivated by government

TWA Flight 800- 11 minutes into the flight- plane explodes without warning

Columbine- Two high school seniors were involved in a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher

Y2K Bug- potential problem in computers beginning in ’00

Rodney King- brutally beaten by police

World Trade Center Bombed- failed to knock down both towers

Tragedies and Scares Cont.

Mad Cow Disease- disease affecting meat- tainted from disease

Princess Diana- killed in a car crash; thought to be conspiracy

The “Black Hole”- thought Earth would be sucked into dark hole

Selena- manager shot her after argument

Unabomber- started bombing campaign- mailbox bombs

Kennedy Deaths- Plane crashed in Martha’s Vineyard into Atlantic Ocean

El Nino- changes in oceanic temperature and atmosphere circulation

Hate Crimes Law

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States

Household Income

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

Clinton’s Approval Rating

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=df1e9268d2&view=att&th=1291417bc369ace9&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

Highest Grossing Movies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films

Links